System of strategies for supporting family caregivers of the elderly in Tehran on the horizon of 1430

Demographic, family, economic, occupational and cultural changes have given complex dimensions to the issue of supporting the elderly in the future. One of the pillars of this support is family caregivers, which we seek to provide strategies to support in this study. The method consists of four parts: Part One; The two main drivers (consisting of 16 key factors) affecting the support of the elderly were extracted according to the results of previous studies and interviews with the elite. Part 2: For each driver, two favorable and unfavorable situations are imagined, from which four scenarios were extracted. Part 3: Strategies to support informal caregivers for the elderly were extracted through interviews with specialists. Step 4: The strategies and policies extracted for each scenario were identified by the questionnaire technique by the elite panel and were prioritized by HAP method and AHP-SOLVER software.

The drivers of effective support for informal caregivers of the elderly include; "Sociology-cultural status" and "resources available". Strategies proposed to support caregivers include; Financial services to the caregiver, health and accident insurance services, providing support packages, providing the required care services to the caregiver, providing care-giving and caregiver assistance to the caregiver.